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(Photo by Malcolm White Photography) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 13, 2015) – Shark Racing wrapped up the inaugural Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown at Cocopah Speedway last weekend. Logan Schuchart and Jacob Allen combined to make the feature in all but two races, but it was an act of kindness that got the racing industry talking. Shark Racing loaned fellow Pennsylvania driver Ryan Smith an engine to compete during the final weekend after he endured a couple of mechanical...more

Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 13, 2015) – Sam Hafertepe Jr. saved his best for last during the inaugural Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown. Hafertepe Jr. capped the five-race, nine-day event at Cocopah Speedway last Saturday by scoring his first top five of 2015. “We had some mechanical issues and some self-inflicted problems during the event, but that was part of the reason why we wanted to head over to Cocopah,” he said. “We wanted to get the early bugs out of the system. It...more

Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 13, 2015) – The inaugural Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown showcased parity throughout the five-race, nine-day event at Cocopah Speedway to open 2015. While Danny Lasoski won the event championship – and the $4,000 bonus thanks to Cometic Gasket, JE Pistons and K1 Technologies – the winner wasn’t known until minutes after the final checkered flag last Saturday. Lasoski and Stevie Smith finished tied atop the standings, but Lasoski’s feature victory...more

This past week ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ returned to Cocopah Speedway for a trio of nights in the Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown. Scoring a top-ten on the opening weekend, the Destiny Motorsports #7 team continued to gain speed and chemistry and get stronger for the 2015 season. Starting on the pole of heat three, Dollansky kept the #7 up front pacing the field in the 8-lap event to take the win. In the qualifier round of heats the Rick Rogers Construction backed entry started inside row three...more

(Photo by Malcolm White Photography) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 11, 2015) – Henry Van Dam took advantage of sunny weather and January races to put together his best career week of 410ci sprint car racing. Van Dam earned four top-10 finishes during the inaugural five-race Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown at Cocopah Speedway, where more than 35 of the top drivers in the country competed during a nine-day period. “We had some good momentum with how last season went, but our...more

(Photo by Malcolm White Photography) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 10, 2015) – Aaron Reutzel capped the inaugural Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown by accomplishing a goal that had evaded him throughout the first week and a half of the new year. Reutzel led all but one lap on Saturday at Cocopah Speedway, where he recorded his first career 410ci sprint car feature victory during the final night of the five-race event. “It’s unreal,” he said. “To come out of the box and lead the...more

Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 10, 2015) – The Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown will return in 2016. Cocopah Speedway Director of Operations Greg Burgess announced on Saturday in front of a packed grandstand and to the teams that participated in this year’s inaugural event that the 2nd annual Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown will be held the first two weeks of 2016 and will feature the same purse of approximately $250,000. The 410ci sprint car races on Jan. 1-2 and on Jan. 8-9...more

Danny Lasoski executed a last-lap pass in this Schnee Chassis to score the $12,000 top prize during Round 4 of the Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown that would aid in his overall series title. Lasoski is the fourth different driver to win a feature during the inaugural event, which wraps up on Saturday with a $12,000-to-win feature and a $4,000 bonus to the overall champion of the five-race event. “We’ve got a really good team,” he said. “It may be a bunch of buddies together, but we have a...more

(Photo by Tim Aylwin) Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 9, 2015) – Danny Lasoski’s smile couldn’t have been scrubbed off his face Friday night at Cocopah Speedway, where he executed a last-lap pass to score the $12,000 top prize during Round 4 of the Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown. Lasoski marked the fourth different driver to win a feature during the inaugural event, which wraps up on Saturday with a $12,000-to-win feature and a $4,000 bonus to the overall champion of the...more

Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Jan. 8, 2015) – Extra money is on the line as the inaugural Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown wraps up this weekend at Cocopah Speedway. The top 15 in points – representing 10 states from coast to coast – entering the final weekend of the 410ci sprint car event are within 100 points of each other. However, there are three drivers who have a clear advantage heading into Friday’s penultimate race. Paul McMahan, who has scored a win and two podiums during...more